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Passions of the Soul

By Rowan Williams

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Year
2024
ISBN
9781399415699, 1399415697
Google Books ID
ii_lEAAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5639069 bytes)
Pages
87\161
Time added
2024-03-02 12:24:30

Description

The Eastern Christian tradition is filled with theological and spiritual riches. In Passions of the Soul, Rowan Williams opens up the great classics of Eastern Christian writing to show how it can help us to understand and cope with the ups and downs of modern life. With compelling and illuminating insight, he shows the cost of living in a culture that is theologically and philosophically undernourished, working with a diminished and trivialized picture of the human self. The Eastern tradition teaches us how to develop our self-knowledge and awareness, so that we can relate to the world without selfish illusions. Only then can we be ready for our eyes to be opened to God, and avoid destructive patterns of behaviour. Only in this way can we understand the kind of people we need to become.

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